Medical device Adverse Signal Detection and Event Reporting (ASDER) Checklist

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Closes 31 Dec 2025

Criteria:

1. Data Specifications

Mandatory fields 

 

2. 

HEALTHCARE_FACILITY_IDENTIFIER 

These mandatory fields represent the minimum information required for an Adverse Event to be reported. If the information contained in these fields does not align to the data domain (format, character limits etc) the report will be rejected, and the report will need to be amended before submitting again. 

3. 

DATE_OF_USE 

4. 

INCIDENT_DESCRIPTION 

5. 

DEVICE_DESCRIPTION  

6. 

MANUFACTURER 

 

Conditional fields 

 

7. 

DATE_OF_DEATH 

These conditional fields are required to be reported if the event meets certain conditions. The regulations to report these fields are available here.

8. 

DATE_OF_DETERIORATION 

9. 

DATE_OF_INTERVENTION 

10. 

DATE_OF_TREATMENT 

 

Optional fields 

 

11.  

FACILITY_REPORT_ID 

These optional fields are not required to be reported against the regulations for mandatory reporting of adverse events. However, their inclusion in any report to the TGA will help with further analysis of mandatory reporting data. 

12. 

TREATMENT_DESCRIPTION 

13. 

UNIQUE_DEVICE_IDENTIFIER 

14. 

LEVEL_OF_HARM 

15. 

AGE_GROUP 

16. 

BATCH_NUMBER 

17. 

INCIDENT_REFERENCE_ID 

 

2. Please provide facility or organisation name
3. In which state or territory is your facility or organisation located?
4. Confirm if you have reviewed the data specifications as required part of the new Mandatory reporting legislation?
(Required)
5. Do you have the ability to extract and map the data specifications from your internal reporting systems?
(Required)

Please select which data specifications you can extract or map:

6. Please inform which of the listed data specifications in the tables you cannot provide as part of the mandatory reporting legislation?

Mandatory fields 

These mandatory fields represent the minimum information required for an Adverse Event to be reported. If the information contained in these fields does not align to the data domain (format, character limits etc) the report will be rejected, and the report will need to be amended before submitting again.

(Required)

Conditional fields 

These conditional fields are required to be reported if the event meets certain conditions. The regulations to report these fields are available here.
Optional fields 
 
These optional fields are not required to be reported against the regulations for mandatory reporting of adverse events. However, their inclusion in any report to the TGA will help with further analysis of mandatory reporting data.
7. Have you contacted the TGA regarding concerns or gaps in your ability to report? Selecting 'no' means there are no issues to submit data through this mechanism
(Required)
8. If you would like your initial data extract to be reviewed before submission, please upload it here.
(Required)
Please make sure your file is under 25MB
9. Have you verified with your technical team any potential issues (e.g. cybersecurity, firewalls etc. ) with the access of external SharePoint websites?
10. Please specify the user(s) who should be granted access to the ASDER system and fill in the details below.

If you do not have an individual user account, please enter your facility name or team name in the 'Full Name' field, and use your group email address as the contact email.

To submit more than one user, please complete and send the form below.

User details form

Please make sure your file is under 25MB
11. Please outline any feedback or concerns you may have with the data or reporting scheme.